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April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month, a time to remember and emphasize the importance that families and communities play in the prevention of child abuse and neglect. This year's theme for National Child Abuse Prevention month is "Building Community, Building Hope." According to the U.S Department of Health & Human Services website, "Strong, nurturing communities that are supportive of families can get involved and play a role in preventing child abuse and neglect and promoting child and family well-being." The U.S Department of Health & Human Services has developed a list of resources to help support providers in their work with parents, caregivers and children to prevent child abuse and neglect.

The World Health Assembly Executive Board has unanimously recommended the adoption of a resolution addressing improvements to the prevention, diagnosis, and management of sepsis globally. From the Global Sepsis Alliance website:

The WHA Executive Board has unanimously decided to recommend the adoption of a resolution on sepsis to the World Health Assembly (WHA).

The WHA is the supreme decision-making body of the WHO. It meets in Geneva in May each year, and is attended by delegations from all 194 member states. Its main purpose is to determine the policies of the WHO.

In January of last year, OPENPediatrics released our video, The Iron Lung and Polio by Dr. Mark Rockoff. In this video, Dr. Rockoff talks about the history, development, and use of the iron lung in response to polio. The video featured a fully restored iron lung built from abandoned or discarded parts found at the Lakeville State Hospital in Massachusetts. Developed in the late 1920's, the iron lung was originally used to help patients breathe who had limited or no control over their respiratory muscles due to disease or illness.

The kidneys are complicated and amazing organs that do many essential tasks to keep us healthy. The main job of your kidneys is to remove toxins and excess water from your blood. Kidneys also help to control your blood pressure, to produce red blood cells and to keep your bones healthy.

Join us today, March 8th, in celebrating Registered Dietician Nutritionist Day. This day, first celebrated in 2008 by the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, was created to celebrate registered dietitian nutritionists' (RDNs) dedication to helping people live healthy lifestyles.Registered Dietitian Nutritionist Day is part of a larger initiative called National Nutrition Month®, which takes place in March and aims to bring attention to the importance of making informed food choices and developing healthy eating and exercising habits. The theme for this year is "Put Your Best Foot Forward." This theme is meant to serve as a reminder to everyone that we all hold the tools to make better and healthier food choices.

OPENPediatrics, a free and open access medical platform for pediatric clinicians, is pleased to announce that all of our continuing medical education courses now offer Maintenance of Certification (MOC) Part 2 credit for clinicians. Our continuing education courses range in topic from pediatric palliative care to non-accidental trauma, to pediatric pain and opioid education. Clinicians can receive MOC credit for the American Board of Pediatrics, American Board of Anesthesia and the American Board of Internal Medicine. Along with Maintenance of Certification credit, all of OPENPediatrics' CME courses offer risk management credits in the state of Massachusetts, as proscribed by the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Medicine. OPENPediatrics offers the following continuing medical education courses for clinicians:

Almost half a million emergency department visits for traumatic brain injury are made annually by children aged 0 to 14 years. This is one of the many reasons March has been named Brain Injury Awareness Month. The Brain Injury Association of America (BIAA) leads the nation in observing Brain Injury Awareness Month by conducting an awareness campaign each year. The theme this year is: Not Alone.